Alden Urges VFW to End Fence Sitting and Act
Vermont Rep. John T. Alden challenged the silent majority at a Woodstock VFW ceremony. He blamed public apathy for Vietnam, crime and environmental harm, urging citizens to speak up, oppose crime, confront politics, and demand accountability from leaders.
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Woodstock
Vermont
John T. Alden
R-24
Vermont House
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Vietnam
VFW
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Alden
Deane Davis
George Aiken
Richard Nixon
Judge Brooks Plans Step Down From Superior Court Bench
Vermont Chief Justice James Holden says Superior Court Judge Dale Brooks intends to resign for health reasons after a tenure since 1963. Brooks, a Stowe resident, previously served on Lamoille Municipal and Probate benches and was temporarily replaced by Addison District Court Judge Hilton Dier Jr. in Washington County.
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Dale Brooks
Vermont
James 8. Holden
North Bennington
Holden
United Press International
Brooks
Lamoilie
Stowe
Lawrence Turgeon
Addison District Court
Hilton Dier Jr
Washington County Court
Bellows Falls St Charles Grammar School to close
Around Vermont the St Charles Grammar School in Bellows Falls will end operations at the close of the current year after nearly six decades. Rising parish costs and limited teaching staff prompt transfer of lower grades to public schools next fall while the church maintains doctrinal instruction classes.
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Bellows Falls
St. Charles
St. Charles School
Patrick A. Barry
St.Charles
Flu on rise in Vermont with unusual case load
Vermont health officials report widespread flu across the state with many doctor-reported cases. Dr. Duane Graveline notes the strain is being identified and warns it is too late for shots despite no more severe illness this season.
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Burlington
UPD
Vermont
Health Department
Duane Graveline
Graveline
Voters approve planning for sewage treatment plant at Stowe
STOWE UPS residents at a special meeting by voice vote approved joining with the village to plan a secondary sewage disposal plant to meet a 1963 Water Resources Board anti-pollution order. Attorney General James Jeffords, who pressed for action by threatening suit, expressed satisfaction.
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STOWE
UPS
Water Resources Board
James Jeffords
Jack in the Box to Rise at Troy Corner
Troy city planning lore centers on Congress and Third streets as the proposed city hall site. Troy food maker Troy F ood Makers Inc a Ralston Purina subsidiary will build a 100000 drive in restaurant with parking starting late March and a July completion. The Jack in the Box outlet will offer hamburgers shrimp fresh fish dinners chicken dinners and tacos.
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Troy — Food Makers Inc
Ralston Purina Corp
Congress and
Third Streets
Troy
David A. Svenson
Eastern
Congress Street
Rockefeller Defends Civil Service Contract As Inflationary Opposition
Governor Rockefeller defended the two year state employee contract noting a 134 percent salary rise to combat inflation and warned he would veto any tax reform reducing state revenues. He said lawmakers might take over negotiations if needed and implied no smaller package could be negotiated. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission plans a Thursday meeting at Albany County Airport to discuss a regional sports facility study with Assemblyman Fred G Field Jr presenting.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Civil Service Employes Association
Capital District Regional Planning Commision
Fred G. Field Jr
Albany County
Beeler Sr dies veteran Berkshire editor and broadcaster
Leon G Beeler Sr 75 a Massachusetts newspaperman and broadcaster died Monday. He worked at the Athol Daily News Boston Herald North Adams Transcript and radio WBRK and served in the Springfield Union Pittsfield bureau from 1955 to 1968 retirement. Northern Berkshire YMCA board approves 1 million capital fund drive to replace the 53 year old building at 36 Summer St with an Olympic pool gym health club and offices. construction to begin mid 1970 on a four and a half acre site next to Brayton school.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Leon G Beeler
Massachusetts
Athol Daily News
Boston Herald
North Adams Transcript
WBRK
Springfield Union
North Adams
Louis S. Gagliardi
Northern Berkshire Ymca
YMCA
Summer St
Northern Berkshire
Brayton
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Harry W. Monmaney
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